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--Jesus Christ, 0AD

--Jesus Christ, 0AD. ‘It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.’. Marx is dead: Long live Marx. What does the the Manifesto say? What does it mean today?. Marx’s grave in London. Marx is dead: Long live Marx.

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--Jesus Christ, 0AD

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  1. --Jesus Christ, 0AD ‘It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.’

  2. Marx is dead: Long live Marx • What does the the Manifesto say? • What does it mean today? Marx’s grave in London

  3. Marx is dead: Long live Marx • Shook the world by promoting revolutionary change • Remains the most fundamental critique of capitalism • Which still dominates the world Marx’s grave in London

  4. All history is the history of class struggle p. 34 • Conflict between oppressor and oppressed Protests in south Korea

  5. Capitalism leads to polarization • Simplifies classes: Bourgeoisie versus Proletariat p. 35

  6. Workers are ‘appendages of the machine’ Alienation from the process and the product Organized into an army by their common social experience p. 43

  7. Traditional relations are torn apart • Only the ‘cash nexus’ remains • Even families are ‘a mere money relation’ p. 37

  8. All that is solid melts into air Marketing stunt in St. Marks Square, Venice p. 38

  9. Bourgeoisie goes global Atlantic slave trade Makes poor countries dependent on rich countries McDonalds in Beijing p. 39-40

  10. Then Industrialization Divides workers from capitalists Now Globalization Divides poor countries from rich countries Increasing inequality

  11. World income distribution USA bottom 10% ($5,269) USA top 10% ($89,275) Source: Cohen's calculations, World Bank's data (2000).

  12. Inequality between countries Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births) Source: 2006 Statistical Abstract of the United States.

  13. Comparing poverty levels • Children underweight • United States 1% • Mexico 14% • China 16% • Vietnam 45% • Ethiopia 48% • India 53% Source: World Bank

  14. Can you live without a car? Source: 1998 Statistical Abstract, Table 1362 (1995).

  15. How about no television? Source: 1998 Statistical Abstract, Table 1363 (1995).

  16. Or no telephone? Per 100 people Source: 2006 Statistical Abstract, Table 1364 (2003).

  17. Nothing to lose but their chains Palestinian boy in the rubble of his home

  18. What is America?

  19. Americans’ per capita spending, per day Source: Nicholas D. Kristof, "Land of Penny Pinchers." New York Times 5 January 2005, p. A27.

  20. Critical aspects of Marx’s theory • Areas in which Marx is most important • Dialectical theory of economy and society • Accumulation and concentration of capital • Tendency for economic polarization • Capitalist alienation of workers • Globalization of capitalism from the beginning

  21. Marx, right and wrong • Right: Increasing inequality is inevitable under capitalism • Concentrated wealth leads to concentrated power • Wrong: Middle class did not disappear in the rich countries • Living standards have not fallen for most • Instead, inequality is increasingly between countries

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